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Coroner’s Dissonance Theory is the smartest thing to come out of thrash metal all year
On their comeback album Dissonance Theory, Coroner embrace all the speed and brutality of thrash while leaving the cliches at the door
At The Gates urge fans to donate to Swedish cancer charity following death of frontman Tomas Lindberg
Lindberg died in September after being diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare oral cancer
Endorsed by Slipknot, collaborating with Gojira and battling colonialism – how Mawiza became the most important new metal band of 2025
Mawiza’s thumping groove metal celebrates the language and traditions of South America’s Mapuche Nation
Watch Disturbed call for “unity” onstage as David Draiman continues to weather backlash for signing an Israeli bomb
The self-professed “fiercely pro-Israel” frontman tells an audience in Amsterdam, “The conflicts that are going on in this world don’t define us”
Disturbed say they want their music to “heal” people after their singer signed a bomb and caused their Belgium gig to be cancelled
The Platinum-selling band say that music is “not about what divides us”, a year after frontman David Draiman signed a bomb set to be used by the Israeli Defence Force
Bleed From Within just played the biggest show of their lives and pulled out all the stops
Bleed From Within hit a new apex at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum, where they were backed up by special guests, bagpipe players and an uber-passionate audience
Moody Blues bassist and vocalist John Lodge dead at 82
John Lodge passed away "surrounded by his loved ones and the sounds of The Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly", say his family
Friends star Matthew Perry attended Alcoholics Anonymous at Ozzy Osbourne’s house
The Prince Of Darkness remembers the sitcom actor in his new memoir, Last Rites
How Gojira made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems
Gojira played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they siphoned that political spirit into their defining song
Bruce Dickinson’s solo band performed another classic Iron Maiden song at the end of their North American tour last week
The frontman, who’d already added Flash Of The Blade to his setlist, wrapped up his latest tour with a stop at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Sunday
Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson isn’t fully convinced the band are retiring
Ex-bassist David Ellefson hopes the thrashers’ upcoming farewell shows aren’t “just an attempt to boost ticket sales”
Why Rush are secretly the coolest band on the planet
They eschewed prog cliches, inspired all of your favourite rock bands and made songs that still sound ground-breaking – for 50 years, Rush have been badass
The house that Slipknot trashed in their most infamous music video is going to auction
Bidding on a $300,000 West Des Moines property that the masked agitators tore up in 2004 will begin next week
Hear Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante sing electro-metal banger Ties That Bind, from the soundtrack of new fighting game 2XKO
The song follows developer Riot Games’ recent collaborations with Polyphia and Linkin Park
Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee explain why now is the time to reunite Rush
The pair say that the decision to get the prog rock luminaries back together was “relatively recent”
11 things we learned from Ozzy Osbourne’s new memoir, Last Rites
From an unfinished solo album to drinking with André The Giant, these are the most surprising things we read in Ozzy’s posthumous book
Ozzy Osbourne admitted that he had a “life-or-death” heart problem days before he died of a heart attack
In his new memoir Last Rites, Osbourne writes that sepsis from one of his spinal surgeries gave him arrhythmia and “a dodgy heart valve”
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson to record his next solo album in January
Dickinson reveals that he and his solo band will record the follow-up to 2024’s The Mandrake Project live in the studio
Ozzy: No Escape From Now is an imperfect but essential look at Ozzy Osbourne’s final years
Though it’s sometimes slapdash, Paramount Plus’s two-hour documentary offers impressive insight into the Prince Of Darkness’ late-life struggles
Living Colour just played Jimmy Kimmel Live and absolutely smashed it
Jimmy Kimmel is currently hosting his show from a theatre in Brooklyn, so he brought in one of New York’s best rock bands for a special performance
Listen to Megadeth’s thrash-adocious new single Tipping Point
The speedsters’ self-titled swansong is due out at some point next year
Rock band speak out as AI-generated ‘artist’ modelled on their music gets more Spotify listeners
Holding Absence singer Lucas Woodland urges fans to “oppose AI music” as a non-existent band overtake them on Spotify
Watch Sophie Lloyd shred Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas and more at last weekend’s Women’s Rugby World Cup final
The renowned YouTuber played in front of 82,000 people at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday
